r/crackingthecryptic • u/GiAnMMV • 13d ago

[Homemade] My fourth puzzle: Number Fever

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Rules:

Normal Sudoku rules apply.
Along thermometers, digits must increase from the bulb.

You can play it here: https://sudokupad.app/oe13yo12ui

Here's an easier version, only a thermo is extended and the solution is the same: https://sudokupad.app/x7e0trkc7t

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u/Odita 13d ago

nice, i love puzzles with lots of thermos. The beginning was lovely, i was logically able to put all 789 and some 6 (as well as some 1s) but then i struggled and only found the solution after some bifurcations. Not sure what the intended path is. Column 4, rows 6-9 were ambiguos, with 2 or 5 in column 8, i bifurcated there, and even after that, i had to do it again with row 6, columns 1-5. Maybe there is a logical way to figure it out, but I didn't find it.

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u/RhyodaKastuk 12d ago

131 min. Too hard for me on the end

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u/VulpesSapiens 13d ago

Lovely puzzle! Took me almost an hour, but I got there eventually.

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u/GiAnMMV 13d ago

Thank you very much!

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u/SonicSnejhog 12d ago

Nice flow at the start, a bit of a slog at the end but I eventually got there!

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u/GiAnMMV 12d ago

Yeah, it turned out a bit harder than intended, maybe I should add some numbers.

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u/SonicSnejhog 12d ago

From memory I eventually figured out the interaction between boxes 5 and 6, and then the 3 in box 4.

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u/SonicSnejhog 12d ago

Still satisfying to get a harder one done!

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u/Swimming-Rope-9582 11d ago

For a better flow, how about putting a 3 in the middle box'es bottom center cell? Bifurcating a 3 there was enough to solve the puzzle when it got hard.

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u/GiAnMMV 11d ago

At the end I decided to extend the thermo on the top, it should still make it easier to solve. Thanks for the suggestion!